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Old Oct 13, 2021 | 04:01 PM
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Motorized pulldown on convertible top?

First time I've seen this. It's on a Firebird.



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Old Oct 13, 2021 | 10:39 PM
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Re: Motorized pulldown on convertible top?

What year was that on? Where's the rest of it?
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Old Oct 13, 2021 | 11:09 PM
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Re: Motorized pulldown on convertible top?

Originally Posted by blacksunshine'91
What year was that on? Where's the rest of it?
It's an 1987 Firebird, converted by ASC in Sept. '87. Apparently there is a motor that those gears go into.
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Old Oct 14, 2021 | 07:06 AM
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Re: Motorized pulldown on convertible top?

My buddy had an 88 formula convertible that had that motorized gear pull down for the top.
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Old Oct 14, 2021 | 09:06 AM
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Re: Motorized pulldown on convertible top?

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My buddy had an 88 formula convertible that had that motorized gear pull down for the top.
My understanding is that it was an early ASC/Firebird thing.
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Old Oct 14, 2021 | 09:48 AM
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Re: Motorized pulldown on convertible top?

Pretty interesting. I'd be interested to see one complete.
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Old Oct 14, 2021 | 05:04 PM
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Re: Motorized pulldown on convertible top?

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My understanding is that it was an early ASC/Firebird thing.
Years ago I remember reading a thread on here about a guy with an 1987 ASC Camaro convertible looking for parts to fix his motorized top pull down.I tried searching it up but can’t seem to find it now.
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Old Oct 15, 2021 | 09:18 AM
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Re: Motorized pulldown on convertible top?

Photo links broken.
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Old Oct 15, 2021 | 08:06 PM
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Re: Motorized pulldown on convertible top?

Originally Posted by Drew
Photo links broken.
Here you go.







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Old Oct 16, 2021 | 06:01 PM
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Re: Motorized pulldown on convertible top?

This is the complete unit:


From thread:
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/conv...7-asc-gta.html

Apparently early ASC.
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Old Oct 17, 2021 | 12:32 PM
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Re: Motorized pulldown on convertible top?

Was it on this car?

https://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/c...390213148.html
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Old Oct 17, 2021 | 01:47 PM
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Re: Motorized pulldown on convertible top?

Originally Posted by Big&BadGTA

No, a different one.
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